{
  "id": "2016-11-23-university-of-missouri-suspicious-device",
  "slug": "university-of-missouri-suspicious-device-2016-11-23",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Missouri",
    "shortName": "Mizzou",
    "state": "MO",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "MU Alert",
    "enrollment": 30000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2016-11-23",
    "type": "active-threat",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Suspicious device investigation near MU campus",
    "headlinePublic": "Suspicious device investigation near MU campus",
    "summary": "University of Missouri [published an MU Alert update](https://mualert.missouri.edu/updates/2016/11-23-suspicious-device) on or about 2016-11-23. Full text is preserved from the official archive.",
    "outcome": "See official notice for status.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "channel": "multi-channel",
      "timestampApprox": "Published on or about 2016-11-23",
      "verbatimText": "Nov. 23, 2016\n\n1:20 p.m.\n\nEmergency personnel have determined that the suspicious device found near Hill Hall was not an explosive device. MUPD and emergency personnel have determined the device was harmless.\n\n11:15 a.m.\n\nAll Clear. Emergency personnel have removed the suspicious device found near Hill Hall. It will be further evaluated at another location. Campus is back to operating under normal conditions.\n\n10:30 a.m.\n\nEmergency personnel continue to evaluate the suspicious device found near Hill Hall. Special equipment was brought to the scene to assist in the evaluation. Please continue to avoid the area.\n\n9:55 a.m.\n\nMUPD and emergency personnel are on the scene at Hill Hall and are evaluating the suspicious device. Again, please continue to avoid the area.\n\n9:45 a.m.\n\nMUPD was contacted by Campus Facility personnel that a suspicious device was found outside Hill Hall. As a precaution emergency personnel are evaluating the device to determine if it could possibly be an explosive device. Please avoid the area.\n\nThis is the official University of Missouri emergency alert website. Whenever an emergency occurs that affects the university community, this website will be updated as quickly as possible with the most current, confirmed information. Please check here for official information. So that phone systems do not become overloaded, please do not call MUPD as they are working hard to confirm facts and maintain the safety of the campus. We are in touch with them as they work through the process and will update this website as quickly as information is received and confirmed.\n\nPlease do not distribute unconfirmed information or rumors or post or pass along rumors on social media outlets. Safety is the university's top priority, and we are working hard to assure that the campus remains safe while information is obtained and confirmed.\n\nStudents, please call your parents to assure them that you are safe. Thank you.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://mualert.missouri.edu/updates/2016/11-23-suspicious-device",
      "sourceDescription": "MU Alert",
      "annotations": [
        "Transcribed from official mualert.missouri.edu update page.",
        "Confirmed-verbatim recovery from live institutional source."
      ],
      "characterCount": 1947,
      "confidence": "high"
    }
  ],
  "context": "University of Missouri MU Alert official updates archive.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official MU Alert update page preserves complete alert text."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "type": "official-archive",
      "title": "Suspicious Device",
      "url": "https://mualert.missouri.edu/updates/2016/11-23-suspicious-device",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-25"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "missouri",
    "mizzou",
    "mu-alert",
    "active-threat"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-25",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-25",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}